Food and Drink

09/04/2009

Why do we tend to believe that we need to change anything about our
lives? The clip below is from one of several articles assigned to choose from
for an assignment in the Holistic Health class I enrolled in this
semester. It is also one of several articles that I affectionately categorize as "The Mental Mainstream Mess".

"WRITE DOWN ACTIVITIES THAT YOU ENJOY.Take some time to make this list. Think about what you do in your spare time or what you do when you are on vacation. Try to write down activities that are unrelated to the lifestyle change that you are making. For instance, if you ‘re trying to limit sweets in your diet, eating your favorite food is not an appropriate reward-unless you feel that you can limit yourself to a reasonable portion."via www.ehow.com

My choices in diet and exercise have nothing to do with my health, I used to believe that I consumed wheatgrass and hemp smoothies because I should consume a healthier diet. This is both true for me and not true. What I mean to say is that I only know that I should drink these when I do, but I don't do it to get "health" but rather don't have a reason at all. I just drink hemp and whaetgrass smoothies. The thought comes to drink the green liquid and I do or I don't and when I don't, I shouldn't. I don't believe you need to eat what I eat because "my" way is the healthiest way nor do I believe that anyone should eat better than they do or exercise more than they do. Why? It's not possible! Can you not eat the cake that you ate yesterday? If you ate an entire cake last night and are now thinking that you shouldn't have, where are you? In the past, feeling guilty for something that is no longer happening. Are you eating cake right now? If you are feeling guilty, then you are still eating cake! Is it possible to eat less cake than you did? Nope! If you are thinking that you shouldn't eat another entire cake tonight, you are in the future. You will only know whether or not you should or shouldn't eat the cake when you either do or do not eat the cake.

The pressure to change the unchangeable comes from nothing more than a thought - your thought. So, if you are presented with a cake tonight eat it, don't eat it. It makes no difference unless you think it does. I say, do not limit yourself. Who decides what is a reasonable portion size for you is you? When you say "I ate too many calories today", ask yourself "too many calories for who"? It couldn't have been too many for you since you ate that many calories! Realize that you always have and always will eat exactly what is right for you whether you "think" so or not.... cake is never bad, your thoughts about cake are bad. Love your cake and you can love yourself!